Cassie Tremblay : Poltergeist (1982)

Can't wait to see the reaction to It with Pennywise

JohnnyUtah

2024-02-10 05:43:12 +0000 UTC

I second this!

Philip Alan

2023-06-15 18:51:08 +0000 UTC

Cassie - It is in this movie that I can now see why Steven Spielberg came out with my favorite movie "Always" just 7 years later. He plays parts of the 1943 original film (a friendly ghost flavored story) on the TV. Please do a reaction to the 1989 "Always" movie! It's a VERY heart warming love story, around airplane firefighting, which featuring Audrey Hepburn in her last motion picture role. And as others have said in different posts, be sure to have your tissues handy.

Wayt Hawaii

2022-09-08 00:34:51 +0000 UTC

Shockingly scary at the time, but maybe a bit over the top. I however was not scared on a religious basis. This was a special effects movie and didn't scare me as much as the Exorcist.

Richard Bourne

2022-09-08 00:31:44 +0000 UTC

I think Cassie did very well here. I was trying to say this is great storytelling with how the movie progresses. It's all great fun. Yes the mom was smoking a doobie. The reaction was probably accurate when paranormal stuff happens to you in broad daylight starting out when chairs were being rearranged. Might want to experiment with it like JoBeth/the mom. She says "...think back to when you had an open mind" lol... And wait the dad was responsible for selling 42% of the properties there? Whoa... For more great storytelling (in the dark) THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (2018) only 10 episodes. I recommend everyone (other than Cassie) to watch it on a big screen in the middle of the night with all the lights turned off. Many scenes are in the dark so you meld with that world and become one with it and you ruminate in the story being revealed. It's a feel good to be scared in the dark kind of world.

Mannygogou

2022-09-04 23:11:15 +0000 UTC

well that was pretty fun 😊 I just finished the full reaction moments ago. What a great way to enjoy a classic, with Cass terrified on the left corner. Toward the end they just wanted to reveal that the bodies were still in the ground. But the house being swallowed is pretty cool. It's a great way to tell a story, with the whispering scenes making it feel like late at night... well worth the full viewing.

Mannygogou

2022-09-04 22:57:35 +0000 UTC

They just don't make horror anymore like they did in the 80's.

Joshua s. Jackson

2022-09-03 10:06:56 +0000 UTC

There is a part 2 if you're interested.🤣🤣🤣😁

Joshua s. Jackson

2022-09-03 10:05:07 +0000 UTC

The year was 1983. I was eight years old, in love with my 15 year old babysitter who was also my friend's older sister, and Poltergeist was playing constantly on HBO. She loved horror movies so every time it was on, she'd call me over and we'd watch it on the couch and scream and laugh and it was just the best time. Almost 40 years ago now. Funny. I don't even remember her name.

Godzilla Jones

2022-09-03 06:29:19 +0000 UTC

I’m sorry the evil clown terrified you.

Jeremy T Edwards

2022-09-03 02:40:33 +0000 UTC

Where can I find this? I’ve never listened to a podcast before?

brooke atkins

2022-09-02 18:08:51 +0000 UTC

Awesome reaction. I had seen this movie several times in the theater when it first came out and was one the first movies I bought on VHS when I first got a VCR. I also enjoyed your guest appearance on The Film Crickets podcast.

Kevin Townsend

2022-08-28 02:31:52 +0000 UTC

The CURSE!

Super Powered Design (Jim)

2022-08-26 04:33:29 +0000 UTC

I also wanted to add , if you're into creature feature type of monsters , 10 Cloverfield Lane is good , along with Cloverfield . Also , The Mist is good , with great monsters . It's similar to Cloverfield Lane .

My Fat Butt

2022-08-25 12:17:20 +0000 UTC

If this movie was too scary for you , give the movie Christine and Maximum Overdrive a chance . They're both horror movies , but without the scary looking monsters . Christine is about a posessed Plymouth Fury , and Maximum Overdrive is similar , but it's about big rig trucks that came to life .

My Fat Butt

2022-08-25 12:13:35 +0000 UTC

The Ring was actually a really good paced out story to. But it wasn't too slow by any means, just a good flow. And yeah a lot of it's not really that scary, it's more just a great eerie well built movie. I'm not even sure if the story is all that good...... It's kind of the combination of the cinematography, effects, characters, and story as a package. I know that sounds so base but, and basic that's it.

Michael J

2022-08-24 22:50:36 +0000 UTC

The clown has got to be your all around best ever jump scare so far

JC762

2022-08-24 00:47:24 +0000 UTC

Hey, since you must have enjoyed the Poltergeist movie, I would recommend watching the Paranormal Activity movie. but since it is very scary and also involves many jumpscares, you need to know whether you want to watch the film alone or with someone else. But I can also highly recommend it.

Daniel Fuchs

2022-08-22 20:11:46 +0000 UTC

New T-Shirt for the merch store. A special horror t-shirt: "My Legs Are Numb!"

OneManReactionFaction

2022-08-22 08:28:21 +0000 UTC

Try watching The Exorcist 1973 and The Thing 1982 ;)

Albert

2022-08-21 23:49:27 +0000 UTC

Wonder how you’d do with just a .05 level increase like, “The Ring”? And then there’s the Poltergeist II sequels. If anyone remembers the creepy LDS song “God is in His Holy Temple” used to scare the frick

Aaron

2022-08-21 05:39:21 +0000 UTC

It's fascinating to watch how differently people can react to "scary" scenarios. I'm one of the weirdos that does that stuff for fun. I've stayed overnight in Lizzie Borden's house for two nights in the room where she killed Abbie Borden, the Villisca Axe Murder House, The Eloise Insane Asylum and the USS Edson 3 times....all overnight paranormal investigations. I'm scheduled to stay over in the Waverly Hills Sanitorium on Sept 29th with just one other person. We will have the entire 5 story abandoned asylum to ourselves. To us, it's just a big science project. Do we get creeped out at times, for sure but when you get right down to it, their still just people. I was so glad to see Cassie do this reaction. I rejoined Patreon just for this full length reaction.

Miki Johnson

2022-08-21 02:57:33 +0000 UTC

Well, That Was Fun.

Larry Darrell

2022-08-20 18:16:06 +0000 UTC

at the same time though don't feel bad... I covered my eyes and plugged my ears during every scene in GB2 that had Vigo lol, I was 16 when I saw the Exorcist (DO NOT WATCH IT WILL SCAR YOU) that night I slept with the lights on listening to Amy grant on CD on repeat the entire night lol I can literally tell you I have watch the exorcist a total of 6 time in my entire life and I freak out every time it is on lol. but alien I love that movie and I have seen it 50 times like I love that movie same with aliens and predator and poltergeist. movies affect people in different ways so don't feel bad, I am even a little freaked out after watching this reaction... the point is soon once you understand the fear and get "ok" with the scary stuff it becomes fun, it is still scary but it becomes more like a fun ride, yes scary but fun.... 92% scared and 2% excited vs 98%excited vs 2% scared (movie quote)

Ry Jo

2022-08-20 07:01:08 +0000 UTC

I swear I think different movies hit people differently... don't get me wrong this movie scared me the 1st time I saw it. I was freaked out... but ghostbusters 2 was the one that scared me the most as a little kid (vigo still give me the creeps to this day lol im 35 years old lol) I saw alien, predator, aliens terminator, jaws all as a little kid, same with the 1st ghost busters. I was a GB fan from 7 years old lol i had all the toys the suit everything... I was a little 8 year old ghostbuster lol.... this movie still creeps me out but... now knowing everything seeing it for the 50th time lol it grows on you it is a classic.

Ry Jo

2022-08-20 06:51:08 +0000 UTC

"Contact" would be a cool movie for her to watch. I'm not sure if many people would classify it as even moderately scary, though. I'd say it's more intriguing (especially those John Hurt scenes when Silvestri's score kicks things up a notch).

WastedPo

2022-08-19 15:24:37 +0000 UTC

A good "scary but not too scary" movie for Cassie and Carly would be "Contact".

Jon Jon the Milkshake Man

2022-08-19 10:48:24 +0000 UTC

Sure people already mentioned the freakish off camera stuff that was related to these movies. Pretty crazy stories. Whats odd, is I thought it was good, but not as scary as other movies then. Scary yea, but not as a bad as some. The Clown got me when younger, I did hate that thing and anything like it for a bit afterwords. But I don't fear clowns now, as some that stays with. Side note, I did hate Amityville at the time. But I actually went with friends to the real place (film ones look about the same.) And was right there in that driveway. I got pics still. I lost a few in a phone flip, but still have a few. After we were in the front, we drove down the street across the back water way. And we got out to look at the boat house that plays a part in the Amityville story. But thats a whole different story so. Just a side story of a well known haunted place Ive been too. Was creepy, and just a weird aw feel of "wow, were right here 20 feet from the front."

Michael J

2022-08-19 03:12:48 +0000 UTC

There are plenty of spooky themed, while not really scary movies, out there. However, you know you’re going to have to truly terrify yourself once or twice for October. It’s terrible to say, but you’re too much fun to watch when you’re really freaked out (The Shining). Maybe you should hold off on the Horror till October.

Mike1972

2022-08-18 11:26:58 +0000 UTC

Cassie, maybe you should avoid the horror movies. You really didn't seem to enjoy that movie. You'd probably enjoy the "suspense" genre more. Those movies are more engaging, the plots are usually better, they're not filled with pointless grossness, and more importantly...no stupid jump-scares.

Carlos Stevens

2022-08-18 05:22:26 +0000 UTC

Cassie, holy crap, do you enjoy this? It seems like you're getting legit traumatized. No amount of Patreon income is worth doing that to yourself.

Mark

2022-08-17 05:36:51 +0000 UTC

This is going to be my Friday night treat with Cassie. Poltergeist is one of my all time favorite movies. I cannot wait to see how Cassie reacts. So excited for this one.

John Cranberry

2022-08-17 04:19:19 +0000 UTC

Heather O' Rourke passed after filming the third movie.

Coleton B.

2022-08-17 00:04:31 +0000 UTC

Cassie, I really can't thank you enough for this reaction. Can't stop laughing since last night. The clown jump scare was priceless. This reminded me of one of the funniest comments I've read on YouTube on your reaction to Alien (1979): (“I’m hoping it's kind of like a fun alien comedy” Well, for the Alien, it is.). Keep it up, Cassie. You're the best.

Ramzi M. A. Ramzi

2022-08-16 23:33:35 +0000 UTC

I always took it as a distraction technique by the spirits so they could get Carol Anne alone

Odd Thomas

2022-08-16 17:26:00 +0000 UTC

Still not through the whole reaction, but I have to agree with Cassie's response to the tree attacking Robbie. It probably shouldn't have been in the movie. (And I say this as someone who grew up with this movie and watched it a million times.) It's such an outlandish escalation from what had been previously happening, and it takes away from what should have been the main point of concern for the audience, and that was Carol Anne being taken. [The other thing I've always found odd about Poltergeist is that there are essentially two separate climaxes. And they FEEL entirely separate. It's not like they build off of one another. The first one ends with the main conflict being resolved - Carol Anne being returned - and we're even told that the "house is clean." So when stuff keeps happening, it's like watching some bonus alternative ending tacked onto the normal ending.]

WastedPo

2022-08-16 17:07:12 +0000 UTC

We’re probably never getting a Hereditary reaction but it was a fun watch along and glad you got through it!

Ricardo Alanis

2022-08-16 17:04:36 +0000 UTC

I believe she'll have the link on the YouTube cut of this reaction because on the intro she said something about a link to the podcast in the description.

David Freese

2022-08-16 16:59:25 +0000 UTC

Does anyone know of where the link to the podcast channel is at? Or what the podcast name is on YouTube, I'll like to watch it. Thank you.

Kyle Brandon Sanger

2022-08-16 15:42:58 +0000 UTC

haha you were afraid to look out window i was afraid to look under bed. that clown. man i hate clowns. just no!

Jimmy Reyes

2022-08-16 14:19:40 +0000 UTC

proud of you..

Rogue_ML

2022-08-16 13:06:38 +0000 UTC

"Why is that flipping clown still there?!" To give you the scare of your life apparently. Wow that was a rough one eh? At least you were laughing about it in the outro, which was very funny. Sorry lol... But you got through it all by yourself and did pretty darn well. Except maybe for the previously mentioned clown jump scare. That one might have got the better of you lol.

Erik Daniel

2022-08-16 09:19:22 +0000 UTC

The hands which pull the flesh off the investigator's face in the bathroom mirror were the film's producer, Steven Spielberg's.

Aaron Hawkins

2022-08-16 09:08:41 +0000 UTC

Steven Spielberg is credited as a producer and writer on this film and was often on set. Spielberg worked on this film and E.T. literally back to back. The house in this film and the house in E.T. t were filmed within 20 minutes of each location. Principal photography on Poltergeist ended in 1981, then Spielberg took a few weeks off and began work on E.T., while director Tobe Hooper spent 10 weeks in the editing room completing his initial cut. Spielberg did supervise the visual effects for both films simultaneously. Once post production work on Poltergeist began in early 1982, Spielberg was in total control. He was responsible for the final edit of the film. Spielberg's usual editor Michael Kahn edited this film while Carol Littleton edited E.T. The final sound mixes and loops, the supervision of the visual effects, and the selection of Jerry Goldsmith as the composer of the music were all supervised by Spielberg. Poltergeist and E.T. opened to theaters nationwide only a week between each other during the summer of 1982, Poltergeist on June 4th and E.T. one week later on June 11th. Spielberg later said: "If E.T. was a whisper, Poltergeist was a scream." Leave it to Spielberg to essentially make 2 classic films at the same time and have them released within a week of each other and they both were greatly praised and very successful. The man is a legend for a reason. Impressive.

Aaron Hawkins

2022-08-16 08:55:29 +0000 UTC

Gonna have to wait for the weekend on this one, dang it.

Larry Darrell

2022-08-16 06:46:50 +0000 UTC

I wonder how Carly would have held up during this. "I can't do this Cass!" I'm sure would have been said once or twice. We would have had to tell Carly "Hey, don't look at us! Our hands are clean. This was all Cassie's idea!"

Shawn Kildal

2022-08-16 06:46:02 +0000 UTC

For the record, sound moves at .21 miles per second. So that old tail about count the seconds from the lightning flash to the thunder is wrong. Count 5 seconds...that lightning is 1 mile away.

Carlos Stevens

2022-08-16 06:40:37 +0000 UTC

Unfortunately, the young actresses who played the daughters in the movie passed away very shortly afterwards. The eldest was strangled by her boyfriend the same year Poltergeist was released. The youngest daughter, just 5 years later, had flu like symptoms and collapsed. On the way to the hospital, she suffered a heart attack and didn't recover

Shawn Kildal

2022-08-16 06:14:05 +0000 UTC

Things I love about this movie: 1) The parents casually smoke weed and the next morning the son clearly knows that his parents are stoners. 2) the house at the end of the movie clearly is WAY smaller than the interior house and it buts right up against the fences leaving no room for the pool they clearly dug out, and the walk ways between the fences where the dad yells at the neighbor. 3) The kids calling each other names at the kitchen table. Reminds me of the scene in ET where they’re playing D&D and Elliot calls his brother that certain name. I think Spielberg was going through a lot of that at the time. 4) The choice to not show us all the gradual things they went through for days and days but rather cutting straight to the family being sorta adapted to it. Craig T Nelson puts on SUCH a great performance here with the dark eyes and the smoking and drinking all day. Also his sweater looks SUPER comfy. 5) When the eldest daughter rolls up at the end she clearly has a hickey on her neck. This is such a specific choice and adds to the realism of the moment. I’ve seen this movie a BUNCH of times. My mom watched it with me when I was like 10 or so. It was on DISNEY CHANNEL of all things. But this was the first time I noticed the age difference in the parents and when you do the math he clearly got her pregnant at 16. And if she’s 32 now, he’s clearly like 40 sooooooo yeah dude was not a good dude, but stepped up.

djKENTO

2022-08-16 05:50:04 +0000 UTC

Loved this reaction - and it was sentimental. I didn't realize it when I first saw this as a kid but Tangina really reminds me of my grandmother.

Michael Gaskins

2022-08-16 05:07:12 +0000 UTC

Yeah, it seemed every one of Cassie’s motor neurons fired at once on that late clown scare. Haha.

Jason Chirevas

2022-08-16 04:48:56 +0000 UTC

The director controversy is interesting... From what I’ve gathered, Tobe Hooper was in over his head on this. He hadn’t directed a production of this magnitude so Spielberg had to step in and help him out... I think it’d be fair to give them both a co-director credit.... But I see Spielberg’s trademarks all over this film, so I consider it one of his own.

Jeff Milcheck

2022-08-16 04:37:53 +0000 UTC

Have to say, when I saw this one on the docket I was skeptical of you making it through the whole thing. Wouldn't have blamed you if you bailed. Nice work!

tiny baby kitty man

2022-08-16 04:16:58 +0000 UTC

Just finished. Hopefully you’ve recovered, Cassie. Had Carly been there, you guys could have at least comforted each other. One note about the director’s chair since I saw a reference to Tobe Hooper being fired above. Not the case. The general consensus is writer/producer Steven Spielberg was a near constant, active creative force on the set and in the storyboarding process but Tobe Hooper did the actual directing of the movie. Although, that said, Spielberg was quoted at one point as saying Hooper wasn’t particularly hands-on, so it fell to Spielberg to work closely with the children, etc.

Jason Chirevas

2022-08-16 04:16:32 +0000 UTC

Ya I heard Spielberg actually directed the movie. I read he was running back and forth directing E.T. and Poltergeist at the same time.

TommyJ.

2022-08-16 03:59:10 +0000 UTC

lol

TommyJ.

2022-08-16 03:15:59 +0000 UTC

I was terrified of Clowns when I was a kid. My cousins had a painting of a clown in their family-room. You had to pass through the room to go to the backyard. When I did I would stay as far from the painting as I could never taking my eyes off it. Why are there Clowns!? Is this a cruel joke on kids!

TommyJ.

2022-08-16 03:11:49 +0000 UTC

I doubt we can ever expect better jump scare reactions then these ones. I can only say that Carly would never have forgiven you Cassie if you had her over for this one. On the other hand I can only imagine her reaction to this. I had the best time watching this again with you. Sweet dreams.

softshoes

2022-08-16 03:10:54 +0000 UTC

Lol, I noticed that too. There was a whole scene of them smoking and rolling joints, and at the very end “is that mom smoking weed!!!”

Jeff Milcheck

2022-08-16 02:39:42 +0000 UTC

Just wanted to say I’m proud of you Cassie. I know scary movies are not easy for you. Throw on top of that, the parent/children aspect of the movie, and you pretty much have a worse case scenario. I thought you handled it well….ish. 😉 JK. I was proud how you powered through. You might want to learn some calming mantras though. “Serenity Now”! 😀 (Seinfeld reference)

Robert da Spruce

2022-08-16 02:34:38 +0000 UTC

Cassie... Ya, I'm afraid you did NOT handle that too well. But... wadda reaction!

Terry Yelmene

2022-08-16 02:31:29 +0000 UTC

Looking at films recommended on the app, I honestly think Hereditary would be worse. I love that film and I hate it when people object to Cassie watching something, but that's one I'd urge her to avoid.

Jay

2022-08-16 02:29:53 +0000 UTC

Also so pure of a human that you did not even recognize mom was smoking weed until way later in the scene! Ha!

Philip Alan

2022-08-16 02:28:47 +0000 UTC

Browsing the horror section at the video store? Good times. I was attracted by titles just as much as front covers. What 10 year old doesn't want to watch 'The Blood on Satan's Claw', or 'The People Under the Stairs'?

Jay

2022-08-16 02:19:11 +0000 UTC

Enjoyed your reaction and totally agree with you on : 1. Why would anyone have a clown like that in there kids room ( do kids really like clowns? ) 2. so all this stuff happens....your daughter gets sucked into a portal and then they're all like "Oh... everything's back to normal...let me take a long bath" ?? 3. your daughter is on portal and all these paranormal things are happening but when the psychic comes the dad is rolling his eyes at her ?? AND WHO THE HECK LIKES CLOWNS !!!

Anthony Perez

2022-08-16 02:17:18 +0000 UTC

"🎵God is in his holy temple...🎵"

Obie Brown

2022-08-16 02:15:47 +0000 UTC

Lol.. Great reaction! I know horror movies are tough for you, but they really do make for great reactions! Can’t wait for October! And there’s a lot of great, not so scary films that would make for a good reaction… Shaun of the Dead, Scream just to name a couple. While I love a good drama or comedy, I’ve always LOVED scary movies ever since I was a kid. And I started young. In fact, I remember seeing this film when I was around 7. And as freaked out as I was, still kept coming back for more! It became a bonding experience between me and my dad. We’d go to the video store (remember those?) and go straight for the horror section. Our choices were mostly based on how awesome the front cover looked… I love them so much, I’m actually now in the early stages of production shooting my first full length feature. Which is a combination of a found footage film and the more standard film production… hard to explain but if all goes well it will make sense in the end…… and hopefully someday you’ll do a reaction to it! Wouldn’t that be awesome!

Jeff Milcheck

2022-08-16 02:08:51 +0000 UTC

Good thing you didn't try and watch this with, Carly. She would have passed out.

Rick Williams

2022-08-16 01:49:23 +0000 UTC

I was around 12 when I saw this movie and it scared the hell out of me. I totally understand how this movie scared you, Cassie. Good job making it through the movie.

Rick Williams

2022-08-16 01:47:01 +0000 UTC

Had to laugh at your "it's over, right?", knowing the jump scare with the clown and the skeletons were still to come (best jump scare at the Poppies is in the bag). I've always found Diane's apparent delight at discovering ghosts in her house confusing too. Also, you said at the end "you probably can't understand this feeling". I've been watching horror movies for 30+ years. I'm rarely scared once they're over but every now and again, one will really get to me. I do know that feeling, every horror fan knows that feeling and it's (partly) why we love it. I wish more horror movies could really scare me, though I don't have to be terrified to enjoy or appreciate one either:)

Jay

2022-08-16 01:42:21 +0000 UTC

No supposedly. If you look it up its officially true.

China Andronicus

2022-08-16 01:33:32 +0000 UTC

I'm not that far into the reaction, but I think it's somewhat understandable that the mother would at first be fascinated by the weird events. Remember, only the audience heard the creepy music score, saw the creepy clown in the chair, saw the hand coming from the TV, etc. But from the mother's perspective, there is merely a mischievous spirit moving things in the kitchen.

WastedPo

2022-08-16 01:23:46 +0000 UTC

I knew you would lose it

Ian Govier

2022-08-16 01:09:55 +0000 UTC

THE CONJURING is pretty meh, for me, especially as it aggrandizes two charlatans in the Warrens.

Jason Chirevas

2022-08-16 00:31:42 +0000 UTC

Great reaction; I knew that clown was going to create an excellent scare... I almost passed out trying to laugh. This was a blast from the past movie for me. I saw a lot of fairly subdued special effects that still mostly hold up. I especially liked the vaguely feminine spirit on the stairs.

Michael Labs

2022-08-16 00:13:43 +0000 UTC

I saw this at about 7 years old. Never completely recovered. I still won't have a TV in the bedroom

Rodger Johnson

2022-08-15 23:59:22 +0000 UTC

I love this reaction so much.

Carol_White

2022-08-15 23:23:07 +0000 UTC

I saw this when I was about 11 years old, it terrified me! Bedroom door open and TV definitely off for months afterwards!

Gary B

2022-08-15 23:20:16 +0000 UTC

Great reaction! The clown grab wins!!!

Philip Alan

2022-08-15 22:53:38 +0000 UTC

The pool scene with skeletons was directed by Spielberg (Tobe Hooper had been fired yet)

Pepe M

2022-08-15 22:50:09 +0000 UTC

Ok, watch 80's iconic movie Poltergeits with you (and your amazing reaction) is back in time to my childhood and what was my feeligs in theaters watching the film. Nostalgic. This is i love from your channel, a travel in time.

Pepe M

2022-08-15 22:22:24 +0000 UTC

great reaction. Now we all need to get you a clown like the one in the movie as a gift. Laughed so hard watching you react to that

Bill Maurer

2022-08-15 22:02:19 +0000 UTC

Me too

Bill Maurer

2022-08-15 22:01:07 +0000 UTC

If this movie did this to Cassie could you imagine what The Exorcist would lol. This is a fun movie though

Philip G.

2022-08-15 21:54:29 +0000 UTC

I hate to say this but supposedly those skeletons popping out of the ground and swimming pool at the end were REAL skeletons and the actors didn't know. The actors that played the parents were highly pissed when they found out. The reason that real skeletons were used in the movie is because it was actually cheaper and more cost-effective than creating and using plastic ones SMH

Joe Lazarus

2022-08-15 21:44:23 +0000 UTC

Wait! No joke—there's definitely a strange sound at 1:55:55 when Cassie is giving her post-reaction commentary. It's not even October yet, and things are getting spooky! 👻👻👻

Alex Villarreal

2022-08-15 21:42:41 +0000 UTC

Cassie, That was your best reaction ever! I loved it. I had not seen the movie in decades. I really enjoyed seeing the old Star Wars posters. I had those in my room. Thank you, Cassie. Fantastic. Sleep tight mama.

Patrick Reynolds

2022-08-15 21:40:36 +0000 UTC

This is one of my favourite horror movies and to be honest I’ve never found it that scary so I don’t care what anyone says to you do NOT watch the first two Conjuring films as a couple of scenes scary the crap out of me lol. Even though I think they are brilliant horror films I just don’t think you will make it through them. Also agreed about that clown why would anyone have something like that in there bedroom lol.

Dean Holt

2022-08-15 21:18:06 +0000 UTC

Saw this in the theater when I was seven. Aaaahhhh good ol' '70s and '80s parents. Of course I was scared but now I love scary movies. They're so exhilarating. You should definitely watch poltergeist 2. Your reaction to the clown attack was incredible. You should meme that scene in slow motion.

Michael Lynch

2022-08-15 20:59:44 +0000 UTC

Good for you Cassie! You survived and gave us a great reaction! As I said before, this was one of my very first scary movies and I really loved it. It scared the pants off me, but it is so different from the regular slasher films. There is a loving family at the heart which makes it much easier to watch. I personally like jump scare movies over the bloody ones, they leave more to the imagination. Robert mentioned The Haunting. Now that movie really gives me the shivers! I still have trouble watching it. I am sure it isn't very scary to some, but in my mind it is so frightening. Anyway, bravo Cassie! You made it through!

Kat Farlowe

2022-08-15 20:51:33 +0000 UTC

Ooohhhhh, noooooo, Cassie watching Poltergeist?!?! OK, it's time for me to grab some popcorn in bed for this reaction! Best of luck Cassie and I can't wait to see how this turns out.

Rob in PA

2022-08-15 20:46:36 +0000 UTC

Never realized til today that Billy /Billy Bear from Predator and 48 hrs was in this.

nick bell

2022-08-15 20:20:19 +0000 UTC

This is my favorite Cassie reaction so far! Scary for her; comedy for me. 😂😂 I’ve never laughed so hard at a reaction ever.

Anthony Oberhauser

2022-08-15 20:09:52 +0000 UTC

Best. Reaction. Ever.

Daniel

2022-08-15 19:54:40 +0000 UTC

HUUUUUUUUGE fan of Shaun of the Dead, but one really has to see Romero’s original Dead Trilogy to appreciate it. Also need to watch living Dead At Manchester Morgue. And, really, several other zombie films. Without those cultural touchstones, many of the references in Shaun will go COMPLETELY over the viewer’s head

Just Plain Bob

2022-08-15 19:34:46 +0000 UTC

Loved the reaction, Cassie!!! I had forgotten about quite a few parts to this movie and it made your reactions even better. I know you would have killed him, but Ben should have had a bunch of pots and pans stacked up outside your room and while you were doing your outro he should have just kicked them all over. :P LOL At least it wasn't a big storm going on outside while you were watching the movie like has happened in the past. :) Have a wonderful week!!! -Dave

Dave Hill

2022-08-15 19:32:56 +0000 UTC

Thank you in advance for this reaction, Cassie. And I hope you realize the progress it represents. 😄👍

Jason Chirevas

2022-08-15 19:30:43 +0000 UTC

Maybe somebody else said this, but when you count from the lightning, each one is a fifth of a mile.

Ben Livingstone

2022-08-15 19:24:09 +0000 UTC

This is why we subscribe to your Patreon. Authentic reactions. Thank you for this. Hopefully you'll do more horror. The Omen is a fun thriller. Just puttin it out there.

London Davis

2022-08-15 19:24:09 +0000 UTC

Time for the creepier Poltergeist 2

Jason Mangen

2022-08-15 19:19:40 +0000 UTC

I would be one who would not exactly consider this a horror movie, but maybe a supernatural suspense thriller, but I'll not argue the point. There have been scarier movies. But I was struck on this rewatch with the scenes from suburbia during the credits, and Spielberg's natural focus on suburban life, and this slice of horror bubbling up from this source must have been very important for him. The scenes of suburban life from the first 10 minutes or so of the film seem to be mirror images to his scenes from ET, giving the film the Spielbergian flavor it has.

MikeLL

2022-08-15 19:06:27 +0000 UTC

You should check out The Conjuring. THAT will traumatise you (in a good way)

Odd Thomas

2022-08-15 19:03:44 +0000 UTC

I knew Cassie would not handle the cries from a baby to Mommy for help that the mom couldn't answer. That's her Kryptonite for sure.

David

2022-08-15 18:46:59 +0000 UTC

For two other GREAT haunted house movies, catch The Haunting (the original 1963 movie not the terrible remake) and The Legend of Hell House (1973). You don't need CGI to make a great genre film - in fact it's become a crutch for bad filmmakers. Don't have an interesting story to tell or good actors to tell it? Paint the screen with CGI and 90% of the movie going public will be satisfied. Personally, I think CGI looks like some producer's idiot nephew drew all over the camera negative with his Crayolas, but to each his own. Whether it's CGI or practical effects (far superior, IMO), effects are only a tool and not the story. Also, the story for Poltergeist was written by Spielberg but the official director was Tobe Hooper, of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "Eaten Alive", "The Funhouse" and "Lifeforce" fame. Several of the scenes (particularly early on) were probably filmed by Spielberg (they certainly fit his style of filmmaking) but I believe that Hooper filmed the more horrific elements that made up the middle part of the film. Accounts from those on set vary as to Spielberg's level of involvement, with some saying that Hooper directed the whole thing and others saying that Spielberg directed large portions of the movie. We'll never know.

Just Plain Bob

2022-08-15 18:44:55 +0000 UTC

Speed winning the 'scary but not too scary' category? Us horror nerds weren't too pleased about that and let our feelings be known:)

Jay

2022-08-15 18:42:16 +0000 UTC

I think you're right, Cassie. If you had watched this with Carly, she probably would have spent 95% of the time hiding under the covers, and the other 5% yelling at you for making her watch it! ;)

Gary W

2022-08-15 18:40:17 +0000 UTC

"Now let's go get your daughter." I think people who say "POLTERGEIST isn't a horror movie" or that it isn't even that scary have become so desensitized by more extreme horror (including me probably, though I would never say those things) that they can't really appreciate anymore how truly scary it is. I revisited it again for the first time in a while recently and it struck me that in spite of the spectacular visual effects (yes, most of which look dated now but at the time were cutting edge), the film really doesn't show us much. Consider all the scenes where they're talking about Carol Anne being in the "spectral plane" and yet we never go there ourselves (nowadays they would totally show us all that). It leaves a tremendous amount to the imagination, which Steven Spielberg has long understood is far more potent. What you don't see can be much scarier than what you do. The sound designer for this film is just as responsible for instilling fear in the audience as anybody else. This was the first movie Spielberg ever produced with another director (the late Tobe Hooper who also gave us THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE) and there is debate as to whose movie it really is. There is no denying, of course, that Spielberg's handprints are all over the final product. He wrote the story and based a lot of it on his own fears as a child (including a giant ugly tree that was outside his bedroom window and which he was afraid was going to reach in and grab him) and involves many of his signature themes (light, family, suburbia, etc). Even Zelda Rubenstein (RIP), the actress who played Tangina the psychic medium, has said that while Hooper is the official director, it's really Spielberg's vision on the screen. This was one of my first horror movies as a kid and I still love it. A true '80s classic (there was a remake a few years back, but I never bothered with it). Smart, scary, at times funny and even, as you pointed, ultimately kind of sweet. Great score by Jerry Goldsmith too. I've been curious for you to watch it for a while and I'm glad you finally did. That was quite the reaction video (your response to the clown doll attack might be the most animated I've ever seen you), but knowing how sensitive you are, I'm proud of you for doing it (and you're right about STRANGER THINGS copying it; they copy Spielberg a lot in that show). I hope it wasn't too unpleasant an experience. Looking forward to hearing you talk about it on the podcast. Keep us posted on when that is.

Stick Figure Studios

2022-08-15 18:25:44 +0000 UTC

This is an excellent observation. Family is a recurring theme in a lot of Spielberg's work and motherly love is a big one in this film. I was struck not too long ago how many of the prominent characters in this film are female (the daughter, the mother, the doctor, the psychic, etc) and how they're all strong. Very progressive for its time.

Stick Figure Studios

2022-08-15 18:19:07 +0000 UTC

Bit over the top but that’s fine by me. We need a reaction to IT Chapter One (2017). The reactions those jump scares would produce😁

Shehab Dawoud

2022-08-15 18:14:26 +0000 UTC

We're getting nearer October, and I'm still going to pull for two "very-spooky-but-not terrifying" choices: SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999) and SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004).

Alex Villarreal

2022-08-15 18:07:07 +0000 UTC

I think I laughed through half of this movie just at your reactions.. not because I thought they were disingenuous but because I remember my own feelings watching this and could relate. I absolutely agree that some of that bit at the end was over the top and killed a bit of the anxiety but the first 3/4 was pretty intense back in the day.

Andrew Rose

2022-08-15 17:50:06 +0000 UTC

Yesss These are the kind of movies I'm here for

Dustin Nelson

2022-08-15 17:35:18 +0000 UTC

If you liked the movie, check out the following horror movies: Paranormal Activity (2007), The Haunting (1999), Grave Encounters (2011),

Daniel Fuchs

2022-08-15 17:21:24 +0000 UTC

Great reaction Cassie!! I was laughing so hard. Definitely helped my bad morning. Every time I see heather o rouke it makes me sad. Such a talented little girl such a shame that she died so young. You handled this movie about as well as I thought you would 🤣🤣🤣 thanks for doing a scary one for all us horror lovers. I talked with my mom about this film a few days ago and she said something that struck me. She said as scary as poltergeist is this movie is truly just about a mothers undying love for her child. I’m not a mom so I just watched this movie from more of a horror perspective but she’s totally right. Jobeth willimas played one of the bravest movie moms ever.

brooke atkins

2022-08-15 17:14:46 +0000 UTC

If you think this film is terrifying, the stories surrounding it are even more terrifying. Here's a story about the "Poltergeist Curse". https://www.ranker.com/list/poltergeist-curse/melissa-brinks

Tim Raths

2022-08-15 16:57:18 +0000 UTC

This'll be good! (rubs hands together with glee)

Odd Thomas

2022-08-15 16:50:31 +0000 UTC

What podcast are you going to be on?

Tim Raths

2022-08-15 16:37:33 +0000 UTC

What is the name of the podcast you are doing? One of your Patreon members I am sure.

Brian McGovern

2022-08-15 16:35:42 +0000 UTC

Saw your FB post after watching, hope you finally got some sleep.

Darren Hill

2022-08-15 16:34:45 +0000 UTC

Saw this as a kid and it still makes me feel uneasy.

Drew

2022-08-15 16:26:34 +0000 UTC

Woops, it's fixed now!

TigerDelta

2022-08-15 16:17:50 +0000 UTC

Here here!! @MOMPOWER!!!

Celeste McAllister

2022-08-15 16:15:00 +0000 UTC

I've never seen this movie! Can't wait. Is the download link not showing up for anyone else? I usually like to download, it makes syncing a lot easier for me.

TigerDelta

2022-08-15 16:11:38 +0000 UTC

I'm reminded of this Simposons moment anytime Cassie jumps behind her sheet https://frinkiac.com/video/S03E20/QjytlknK-xULgbDz3yPIz15m27Y=.gif

Rob Thomas

2022-08-15 15:55:12 +0000 UTC

I saw your Instagram post after you watched it 🤣Been a long time since I watched this one.

Steven Ashford

2022-08-15 15:48:15 +0000 UTC

Just out of curiosity Cassie, where did the idea for reacting to Poltergeist come from? Did I miss a poll or something. I was under the distinct impression that scary movies weren’t your thing. Not really my thing either to be honest. Just curious.

Robert da Spruce

2022-08-15 15:43:24 +0000 UTC

So excited to watch this. This movie has such an '80's Spielbergian feel to it, (a feel copied in the present day by Stranger Things) even though it was not (directly) directed by Spielberg. Can't wait to watch the reaction.

MikeLL

2022-08-15 15:32:36 +0000 UTC

Same here. Horror in general is a bit out of my comfort zone. I'm okay with creature horrors, like Jaws, especially if its fused with sci-fi like Alien or The Thing. But anything with demonic possession, ghost, poltergeists or slashers, especially if it has a lot of jump scares, are just not my thing and hate the discomfort I feel during and after watching them.

Gábor Árki

2022-08-15 15:22:19 +0000 UTC

This scared me very much as a kid. So I can sympathize

nick bell

2022-08-15 15:19:07 +0000 UTC

Now that you've taken the step to watch a movie that wigged you out as a kid it's time to watch the movie you ran out on in the theaters in 2003......⛓️🪚

William Bryan

2022-08-15 15:15:46 +0000 UTC

Sheesh-kabob! 😂 You’re “punny” Cassie! Nice laugh to start my morning. I think this is probably one of the first scary movies I saw as a kid. Scared the C$%P out of me! Haven’t watched it in many years. Looking forward to watching your reaction!

Robert da Spruce

2022-08-15 15:14:53 +0000 UTC

Makes coffee. Sits back. Ready to watch Cassie SCREAM.

Jason Dolan

2022-08-15 15:12:35 +0000 UTC

So excited to wat h this with you Cassie!! I saw this movie in the theater with my siblings. I think I was about 6 when I saw this and loved it. The 80’s were just a different time. I knew you would be scared outta your mind. Time to watch. Have a great week everyone.

brooke atkins

2022-08-15 15:10:48 +0000 UTC

This kind of movie is so out of my comfort zone too. I know the feeling after watching something like this. It gets in your head, especially if you are watching it at night. There were times that I would have trouble falling asleep.

James1035

2022-08-15 15:09:30 +0000 UTC

Poltergeist (1982) - Full Reaction

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Can't wait to see the reaction to It with Pennywise

I second this!

Shockingly scary at the time, but maybe a bit over the top. I however was not scared on a religious basis. This was a special effects movie and didn't scare me as much as the Exorcist.

They just don't make horror anymore like they did in the 80's.

There is a part 2 if you're interested.🤣🤣🤣😁

I’m sorry the evil clown terrified you.

Where can I find this? I’ve never listened to a podcast before?

Awesome reaction. I had seen this movie several times in the theater when it first came out and was one the first movies I bought on VHS when I first got a VCR. I also enjoyed your guest appearance on The Film Crickets podcast.

The CURSE!

I also wanted to add , if you're into creature feature type of monsters , 10 Cloverfield Lane is good , along with Cloverfield . Also , The Mist is good , with great monsters . It's similar to Cloverfield Lane .

If this movie was too scary for you , give the movie Christine and Maximum Overdrive a chance . They're both horror movies , but without the scary looking monsters . Christine is about a posessed Plymouth Fury , and Maximum Overdrive is similar , but it's about big rig trucks that came to life .

The clown has got to be your all around best ever jump scare so far

Hey, since you must have enjoyed the Poltergeist movie, I would recommend watching the Paranormal Activity movie. but since it is very scary and also involves many jumpscares, you need to know whether you want to watch the film alone or with someone else. But I can also highly recommend it.

New T-Shirt for the merch store. A special horror t-shirt: "My Legs Are Numb!"

Try watching The Exorcist 1973 and The Thing 1982 ;)

Wonder how you’d do with just a .05 level increase like, “The Ring”? And then there’s the Poltergeist II sequels. If anyone remembers the creepy LDS song “God is in His Holy Temple” used to scare the frick

Well, That Was Fun.

"Contact" would be a cool movie for her to watch. I'm not sure if many people would classify it as even moderately scary, though. I'd say it's more intriguing (especially those John Hurt scenes when Silvestri's score kicks things up a notch).

A good "scary but not too scary" movie for Cassie and Carly would be "Contact".

Cassie, maybe you should avoid the horror movies. You really didn't seem to enjoy that movie. You'd probably enjoy the "suspense" genre more. Those movies are more engaging, the plots are usually better, they're not filled with pointless grossness, and more importantly...no stupid jump-scares.

Cassie, holy crap, do you enjoy this? It seems like you're getting legit traumatized. No amount of Patreon income is worth doing that to yourself.

This is going to be my Friday night treat with Cassie. Poltergeist is one of my all time favorite movies. I cannot wait to see how Cassie reacts. So excited for this one.

Heather O' Rourke passed after filming the third movie.

I always took it as a distraction technique by the spirits so they could get Carol Anne alone

We’re probably never getting a Hereditary reaction but it was a fun watch along and glad you got through it!

I believe she'll have the link on the YouTube cut of this reaction because on the intro she said something about a link to the podcast in the description.

Does anyone know of where the link to the podcast channel is at? Or what the podcast name is on YouTube, I'll like to watch it. Thank you.

haha you were afraid to look out window i was afraid to look under bed. that clown. man i hate clowns. just no!

proud of you..

The hands which pull the flesh off the investigator's face in the bathroom mirror were the film's producer, Steven Spielberg's.

Gonna have to wait for the weekend on this one, dang it.

I wonder how Carly would have held up during this. "I can't do this Cass!" I'm sure would have been said once or twice. We would have had to tell Carly "Hey, don't look at us! Our hands are clean. This was all Cassie's idea!"

For the record, sound moves at .21 miles per second. So that old tail about count the seconds from the lightning flash to the thunder is wrong. Count 5 seconds...that lightning is 1 mile away.

Loved this reaction - and it was sentimental. I didn't realize it when I first saw this as a kid but Tangina really reminds me of my grandmother.

Yeah, it seemed every one of Cassie’s motor neurons fired at once on that late clown scare. Haha.

Have to say, when I saw this one on the docket I was skeptical of you making it through the whole thing. Wouldn't have blamed you if you bailed. Nice work!

Ya I heard Spielberg actually directed the movie. I read he was running back and forth directing E.T. and Poltergeist at the same time.

lol

I doubt we can ever expect better jump scare reactions then these ones. I can only say that Carly would never have forgiven you Cassie if you had her over for this one. On the other hand I can only imagine her reaction to this. I had the best time watching this again with you. Sweet dreams.

Lol, I noticed that too. There was a whole scene of them smoking and rolling joints, and at the very end “is that mom smoking weed!!!”

Cassie... Ya, I'm afraid you did NOT handle that too well. But... wadda reaction!

Looking at films recommended on the app, I honestly think Hereditary would be worse. I love that film and I hate it when people object to Cassie watching something, but that's one I'd urge her to avoid.

Also so pure of a human that you did not even recognize mom was smoking weed until way later in the scene! Ha!

Browsing the horror section at the video store? Good times. I was attracted by titles just as much as front covers. What 10 year old doesn't want to watch 'The Blood on Satan's Claw', or 'The People Under the Stairs'?

"🎵God is in his holy temple...🎵"

Good thing you didn't try and watch this with, Carly. She would have passed out.

I was around 12 when I saw this movie and it scared the hell out of me. I totally understand how this movie scared you, Cassie. Good job making it through the movie.

No supposedly. If you look it up its officially true.

I knew you would lose it

THE CONJURING is pretty meh, for me, especially as it aggrandizes two charlatans in the Warrens.

Great reaction; I knew that clown was going to create an excellent scare... I almost passed out trying to laugh. This was a blast from the past movie for me. I saw a lot of fairly subdued special effects that still mostly hold up. I especially liked the vaguely feminine spirit on the stairs.

I saw this at about 7 years old. Never completely recovered. I still won't have a TV in the bedroom

I love this reaction so much.

I saw this when I was about 11 years old, it terrified me! Bedroom door open and TV definitely off for months afterwards!

Great reaction! The clown grab wins!!!

The pool scene with skeletons was directed by Spielberg (Tobe Hooper had been fired yet)

Ok, watch 80's iconic movie Poltergeits with you (and your amazing reaction) is back in time to my childhood and what was my feeligs in theaters watching the film. Nostalgic. This is i love from your channel, a travel in time.

great reaction. Now we all need to get you a clown like the one in the movie as a gift. Laughed so hard watching you react to that

Me too

If this movie did this to Cassie could you imagine what The Exorcist would lol. This is a fun movie though

Wait! No joke—there's definitely a strange sound at 1:55:55 when Cassie is giving her post-reaction commentary. It's not even October yet, and things are getting spooky! 👻👻👻

Cassie, That was your best reaction ever! I loved it. I had not seen the movie in decades. I really enjoyed seeing the old Star Wars posters. I had those in my room. Thank you, Cassie. Fantastic. Sleep tight mama.

Saw this in the theater when I was seven. Aaaahhhh good ol' '70s and '80s parents. Of course I was scared but now I love scary movies. They're so exhilarating. You should definitely watch poltergeist 2. Your reaction to the clown attack was incredible. You should meme that scene in slow motion.

Ooohhhhh, noooooo, Cassie watching Poltergeist?!?! OK, it's time for me to grab some popcorn in bed for this reaction! Best of luck Cassie and I can't wait to see how this turns out.

Never realized til today that Billy /Billy Bear from Predator and 48 hrs was in this.

This is my favorite Cassie reaction so far! Scary for her; comedy for me. 😂😂 I’ve never laughed so hard at a reaction ever.

Best. Reaction. Ever.

Thank you in advance for this reaction, Cassie. And I hope you realize the progress it represents. 😄👍

Maybe somebody else said this, but when you count from the lightning, each one is a fifth of a mile.

This is why we subscribe to your Patreon. Authentic reactions. Thank you for this. Hopefully you'll do more horror. The Omen is a fun thriller. Just puttin it out there.

Time for the creepier Poltergeist 2

You should check out The Conjuring. THAT will traumatise you (in a good way)

I knew Cassie would not handle the cries from a baby to Mommy for help that the mom couldn't answer. That's her Kryptonite for sure.

Speed winning the 'scary but not too scary' category? Us horror nerds weren't too pleased about that and let our feelings be known:)

I think you're right, Cassie. If you had watched this with Carly, she probably would have spent 95% of the time hiding under the covers, and the other 5% yelling at you for making her watch it! ;)

Bit over the top but that’s fine by me. We need a reaction to IT Chapter One (2017). The reactions those jump scares would produce😁

We're getting nearer October, and I'm still going to pull for two "very-spooky-but-not terrifying" choices: SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999) and SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004).

Yesss These are the kind of movies I'm here for